<html> <head> <title>Rule 70:06:04:02 Criteria used to award grants.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 70:06:04:02"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 70:06:04:02 Criteria used to award grants."> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Times; panose-1:2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times",serif;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} .MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>70:06:04:02.&nbsp;&nbsp;Criteria used to award grants.</b> The department shall use the following criteria to award grants to providers of intercity bus services:</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1)&nbsp;&nbsp;The total number of</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> vehicle</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> miles driven</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> and passengers served</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> during the last operating year on regularly scheduled fixed routes by bus services which are open to the general public and operated by the grant applicant within South Dakota. No charter or tour mileages may be included;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)&nbsp;&nbsp;Annual operating losses on regularly scheduled, fixed-route intercity bus services within South Dakota, documented by a complete description of the intercity services provided and verification by an independent certified public accountant of the grant applicant's most recent financial statement;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (3)&nbsp;&nbsp;The </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>provider's proposed budget for operating expenses and transit administration expenses in the upcoming federal fiscal year</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>; and</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (4)&nbsp;&nbsp;Circular FTA C 9040.1</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>G</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>, Chapter V</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>III</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>, dated November </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>24</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>20</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>1</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>4</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>, issued by FTA to implement 49 U.S.C. &#167;&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman",serif'>531</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman",serif'>1(</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman",serif'>f</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman",serif'>).</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The department may award additional funds to projects which expand intercity bus service to currently unserved areas of South Dakota or which support intercity bus services routes in immediate danger of abandonment.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 20 SDR 59, effective November 1, 1993</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>; 45 SDR 158, effective July 1, 2019</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=1-44-7.4">1-44-7.4.</A></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=1-44-7.4">1-44-7.4.</A></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> </div> </body> </html>